2021 rutgers

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Formation Notes: Very Multiple today. Michigan ran an even 2x2 front.

By my accounting they’re now just a Double Eagle away from true multiple. I called this a 4-3 stack—Harrell is the 3rd LB standing up at the bottom:

And this was the Ace-11. There are only five guys on the line of scrimmage once the RT stands up, which is double illegal.

Also I should have mentioned earlier: on RPOs I will list the play they ran then the option not taken, e.g. IZ/Bubble is an inside zone run that had a bubble read.

Substitution Notes: Morris got the start at non-Hutch OLB, which then went Harrell-McGregor-Ojabo, with the latter and Upshaw in for passing downs. Kalel Mullings inherited Ross’s minutes as Hill-Green and Colson rotated, though they also played together at times. DTs were Hinton-Smith, Jeter-Jenkins, Speight-Welschof, with Hinton getting the most snaps, and Speight playing some nose in place of Whittley.

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Things discussed:

• Why does Michigan play so scared and soft? Why are we playing off coverage versus Noah Vedral?
• Rutgers sold out to stop the interior run game and M had no Plan B: ran Bash once (twice). RBs didn’t bounce when they had some opportunities.
• How good is Rutgers? Good on D, terrible on O.
• Seth: Michigan never takes Rutgers seriously. We could have just run the things they ran.
• Cade talk: Don’t know what happened in his head. If you have to turtle because he can’t throw after a hit, put in the backup.
• Struggles vs Power Read/Inverted Veer: No time to coach up Mullings because offense kept going three-and-out and they were right back on the field again.
• Offense was the big issue, and the offense died because they had no plan but to push a good defense off the ball. Michigan doesn’t run a zone read correctly: they’re reading it before the snap. Zone read options messed us up on defense too.
• Sam: Do you coach around a QB situation. Brian: Do you have to coach around your starting quarterback?
• Can you teach McNamara to zone read please? After the snap. It has to be after the damn snap. Not asking for Denard; can you get him up to Noah Vedral level?
• It seems ridiculous to not fix a problem you know you have until it causes a catastrophe.
• Wisconsin: excellent run defense; same problems we have on offense.
• Late shout out to Aidan Hutchinson.

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